For 16 consecutive years, the State Department under three administrations has rejected advice from an independent statutory watchdog to blacklist Pakistan for religious freedom violations – until now.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution declaring that it believes the heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia “is responsible for the murder" of the Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi, in a striking show of bipartisan disdain for the de facto ruler of a longstanding ally.

For the third time in a decade, Russian strategic bombers have landed in Venezuela, amid stepped-up tensions between Washington and Moscow, and continuing allegations by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of U.S. plotting against his regime.

In an attempt to defuse at-times violent street demonstrations that have shaken France since mid-November, President Emmanuel Macron has announced four new concessions, but representatives of the protestors called the move too little, too late.

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